Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they will require NHS and social care bodies to adopt the NHS England wheelchair quality framework and the model service specification for wheelchair and posture services.

NHS England has no plans to mandate the framework for National Health Services. Integrated care boards (ICBs) are responsible for the provision and commissioning of local wheelchairs services, based on the needs of their local population. We expect local commissioning to be informed by the best available evidence, including guidance issued by NHS England.

NHS England supports ICBs to commission effective, efficient, and personalised wheelchair services. On 9 April 2025, NHS England published a Wheelchair Quality Framework which sets out quality standards relevant to all suppliers regardless of Care Quality Commission registration status, as well as statutory requirements for ICBs. The framework is available at the NHS.UK website, in an online only format.